Current Students

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Sydney attained her Bachelor of Science in Health degree from the University of North Florida. She is interested in research in cognitive development and child psychology. After graduation, she plans on pursuing a doctorate degree or possibly working in the field. 

Advisor: Dr. Susan Perez

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William received his B.S. in Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2019, with a history minor. His research interests are radicalization into extremist groups and recruitment methods carried out by terrorist organizations. After graduation, he will gain some experience in the field and then pursue a Ph.D.

Advisor: Dr. Dan Richard

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Skylar received her undergraduate degree at the University of North Florida with a major in Psychology and a minor in Chemistry. She researches alcohol and substance use. After graduation she will pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology focusing on Addiction and Prevention.

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel Ybarra

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Angel graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis. Her general research interests are dementia, stereotypes, prejudices and implicit/explicit biases. Upon graduating she will to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology.

Advisor: Dr. Curtis Phills

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Abigail received her B.S. in Athletic Training in May of 2020. Her general research interests include health and clinical psychology. After graduation, she hopes to begin a Ph.D. program.

Advisor: Dr. Lori Lange

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Lindsay received her bachelors in psychology and biology from the University of Florida. She is interested aspects of nutrition and psychology, neuroscience, and mental health. She is hoping to continue her work after UNF at a Clinical psychology PhD program.

Advisor: Dr. Anita Fuglestad

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Lizbeth obtained an undergraduate degree from Youngstown State University in Ohio with a minor in business. Her current research interests are in recruitment and community-based research of the Latinx Population and cross-cultural research between collectivistic and individualist cultures. In the future, she would like to work with the Latinx community and continue pursue a P.h.D in cross-cultural, clinical, or developmental psychology.

Advisor: Dr. Jody Nicholson

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Emma von Holten received her undergraduate degree at UNF in Psychosocial Environmental Awareness Through Business and Media. She investigates physiological measures of the freeze response in veterans and military affiliated persons. After graduation, she plans on continuing the pursuit of knowledge.

Advisor: Dr. Lori Lange

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Madisen attained her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of North Florida. Overall, she is interested in the field of health psychology and is open to pursuing her Ph.D. or possibly working in the private sector as a researcher analyst.

Advisor: Dr. Paul Fuglestad

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Hollie received her undergraduate degree from Florida State University with a major in Psychology and a minor in Social Welfare. Her thesis investigates perfectionism, self-esteem, coping mechanisms, and emotion regulation. She will present flash talk at the BASIS conference in St. Petersburg, Fl. Hollie is also a graduate teaching assistant for the Research Methods laboratory course. After graduation, I want to work towards a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology focused on stress, emotion regulation, depression, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. 

Advisor: Dr. Paul Fuglestad

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Dain received his B.S. in Psychology (Neuropsychology Concentration) with a minor in biology from the Florida Institute of Technology. His general research interest is in comparative cognition. After graduation he would like to go on to a PhD program in either comparative psychology or cognitive sciences.

Advisor: Dr. Gregory Kohn

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 Caitlin received her B.A. in Psychology from New College of Florida. While at New College of Florida, she conducted undergraduate thesis research on analyzing motivations behind live streaming on Twitch by comparing needs being met via Twitch streaming versus needs being met in a Twitch streamer's face-to-face interactions. Her master's thesis investigates the connection between cognition, mental health, and engagement in health behavior in college students in the context of COVID-19. Her current research interests involve evaluating the effectiveness of intervention programs for mental health. After graduation, she plans to obtain a PhD in Clinical Psychology.

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel Ybarra

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Zuleyka received her undergraduate degree at the University of Central Florida. She has not yet decided on a specific research topic, but for now is looking into the establishment of sexual consent in college students. After graduation she hopes to pursue her PhD in Clinical Psychology. 

Advisor: Dr. Paul Fuglestad

Advisor: Dr. Dawn Witherspoon

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John received his B.S. in psychology from the University of North Florida. His research interests include the intersectional invisibility hypothesis, social dominance theory, as well as other theories of personality. His Master Thesis investigates how social class and gender moderate stereotyping and prejudice. John also uses the reverse correlation method to examine how gender moderates internal mental representations of Black people in terms of warmth, and competence. After graduating, he will pursue a Ph.D.

Advisor: Dr. Curtis Phills

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Jessica received her undergraduate degree at the University of North Florida. Her general topic of research is developmental psychology. After graduation, she plans on pursuing a doctorate degree.

Advisor: Dr. Susan Perez.

Jacqueline completed her bachelor's degree and graduated from the University of South Florida in 2018. Her primary research interests include human factors and cognitive psychology. For her thesis, she seeks to use a driving simulator to investigate the effects of modifying moral dilemma scenarios on participants when changing details like time constraints and the location of pedestrians on a road. Following her graduation, Jacqueline hopes to either work in the human factors field or further her studies by earning a PhD.

Advisor: Dr. Dong-Yuan Wang

Katelyne is interested in trauma and anxiety and its manifestation in children and teens. Her current thesis is looking at anxiety, trauma, and aggression in African American teenage girls.

Advisor: Dr. Dawn Witherspoon

Dana is interested in depression and its treatment options. Her current thesis is on chronic illness and its correlation with hopelessness and depression, and with coping as a mediator/moderator. Dana is also a member of the Center for Community Based Learning where she is practicing statistical analysis skills.

Advisor: Dr. Lori Lange

Karinna is currently interested in the development of children’s cognitive abilities. Her thesis focuses on the effects parental interactions have on their children’s abilities to make decisions. 

Advisor: Dr. Susan Perez

Sarah is interested at looking into the effectiveness of interventions, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness for mental health issues like depression, and anxiety.  Her current thesis explores the relationship between exposure to stress and resulting levels of stress response. She will be looking at how anxiety and depression are affected by the presence of stress. In the future, Sarah hopes to further integrate the findings of her thesis into more research that connects theories of intervention to intervention in a clinical setting.

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel Ybarra 

Monique researching how developmental patterns of continuity and discontinuity apply to the experiences of food insecurity regarding food-related coping strategies and mental health outcomes. She received a Project of Merit award at the SOARS 2020 virtual conference for her poster titled "Food Insecurity as a Continuum: Investigating the Emotional Well-Being of Parents". 

Advisor: Dr. Jody Nicholson-Bell

Carly is interested in the etiology of child and adolescent psychopathology. Currently she is researching the role of self-esteem on the development of eating disorders in African American youth.  She was awarded the Project of Merit award at the SOARS 2020 conference for her poster titled “Self-Esteem and Disordered Eating in African American Youth”.

Advisor: Dr. Dawn Witherspoon